Nannette Baker began her career as a broadcast journalist. But along the way, she made a sharp turn that brought her to the legal profession. Today she is chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District—the first African American woman to preside over a Missouri state court and just the third black judge to serve as chief of the Eastern District.

For the fourth year in a row, WUTK-FM 90.3 “The Rock,” the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s student-run radio station, has been named the Best Radio Station in Knoxville by local weekly publication Metro Pulse.

Faye Julian’s career at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has included some notable “firsts.”

In 1977, she received the first doctorate awarded by the College of Communications.

And, in 2002, when the College of Communications and the School of Information Sciences were merged, Julian became interim dean — and later full dean — to oversee the transition.

June Adamson, 86, a former journalist for The Oak Ridger and the first woman full professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Tennessee's College of Communications, died Friday at NHC.

A former executive from the Washington Post will be the special guest at two April 21 events focusing on civility in public policy and the media at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.